hyper evo 212, how the hell does this go in??

[Armakar]

I am building my friends PC! Last step, CPU cooler. Odd that I left it till last, but I forgot I was using an air cooler as I usually use Liquid, and Liquid coolers I install near the end of the build as it's easy.

 

I have the standoffs and backplate in, but how does this weird X shaped thing attach to the heatsink? As far as I can tell, you just "lime it up" with the weird bolt/spring in the middle and that goes into the heatsink, then you screw it im. My problem is this thing doesn't stay in. I'll line it up with the heatsink, and the second I start lowering it it pops off. How the hell do I do this?

[Techicolors]

as far as i know the X-bracket is spring-loaded, so you have to hold it down

[Armakar]

1 minute ago, Technicolors said:

as far as i know the X-bracket is spring-loaded, so you have to hold it down

Screwing the bracket in isn't the problem - keeping it on the heatsink is.

[Sauron]

 

[DylanH]

It's an awkward cooler to install. You'll need to hold the bracket and lower the cooler into the case without misaligning anything haha. It might help to install the cooler (at least snug) before putting the motherboard in the case.

[Techicolors]

i think there's a tension spring in the middle as well and that requires a bit of tightening 

[Mike Soda]

Last night I was checking my YouTube comment replies & there was one from Cooler Master lol. I had forgotten that a little while back I suggested to them that they should make a smaller variant of the MasterAir Maker 8. They said thanks for the suggestion & they're working on launching a new MasterAir series. Let's hope that they come up with a better mounting system too.

[airdeano]

the x-bracket just floats on the mounting block with a locating pin for alignment.

borrowed from this thread: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/670964-hyper-evo-212-cant-get-the-mount-bracket-in-to-where-it-is-stable-please-help/

 

 

[SPAS-ID]

that is why these thing comes with a handy-dandy magical god blessing book called MANUAL

[THENIXSTER1975]

I found the manual on the hyper evo 212 confusing.

[LogicalDrm]

5 hours ago, THENIXSTER1975 said:

I found the manual on the hyper evo 212 confusing.

Its bit of that. But when you have all the pieces and time, it all comes together.